page_title: Devoll (municipality)
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Devoll (municipality) / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Sign at the boundary of Devoll and Korça districts
context_page_description: Devoll is a municipality in Korçë County, southeastern Albania. It was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Bilisht, Hoçisht, Miras, Progër and Qendër Bilisht. The seat of the municipality is the town Bilisht. The total population is 26,716, in a total area of 458.01 km². It derives its name from the Devoll river flowing through the valley. The busy border point Kapshticë/Krystallopigi connects Devoll with the Greek regional units of Florina and Kastoria to the east and southeast. Devoll borders the municipality of Kolonjë to the southwest, Korçë to the west, Maliq to the northwest and Pustec to the north. It is coterminous with the former Devoll District, which had the five subunits of Bilisht, Hoçisht, Miras, Progër and Qendër Bilisht, with the capital in the town of Bilisht. Devoll is also considered a traditional or "ethnographic" region with borders similar to the former district.
context_section_description: The border settlement of Kapshticë is among the most important routes from Albania into Greece. As a result the whole region, which is isolated from the rest of Albania, is heavily dedicated to border trade with Greece. Despite being a primarily agricultural area a large service industry has developed around the border trade. In particular, many young men of this area worked in Greece in the 1990s, mostly illegally, in order to escape the poverty at home. Subsequently, it often happened that their families have joined them.
caption: Border sign of the old region
exif: {}